Vain hope

Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, And from the multitude of mountains; Truly, in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel. – Jeremiah 3v23

People hope in all kinds of stuff. At times like this it is easy to try and find solutions for all the difficulties that we face. As Israel looked vainly to the hills and the mountains for someone to come and deliver them we often find ourselves looking vainly to our governments, world leaders, and economic advisors for a deliverance from the economic situation we find ourselves in.

But that is just symptomatic of a greater problem. We think that if we elect the right leaders to public office they are going to take care of us and solve all the moral issues that we face on our society.

The problem is that no matter how much we trust in them they always let us down. We tend to be so focused on our physical and material challenges that we forget that we do have real hope.

Later on in his second book, Lamentations, Jeremiah is going to put it clearly – ‘"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I hope in Him!’

There is hope folks. We need to keep that in mind and stop being discouraged when false hope keeps failing us.